Robert L. Richard M.D., FACSCenter for Weight Management

Medical Degree

Residency

Fellowship

Mini Trauma Fellowship, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX

Certification

General Surgery, American Board of Surgery

Interests

Comprenhensive Bariatriac Surgery — laparoscopic, open, and revisionalAdvanced Laparoscopic SurgeryDr. Richard also has a distinct interest in weight loss surgery patients who regain weight. He has employed medical weight loss, as well as revisional weight loss surgery to treat weight regain. “One of the most frustrating patients is the gastric bypass patient who has gained weight back,” he says. “Mostly this is due to a return of old habits. However, we often find treatable conditions, if we take the time and effort to look for them. It is very gratifying to get this group of patients back on the road to a healthy lifestyle.”

Practice History

After training, Dr. Richard served at the Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (BACH) in Fort Campbell, Ky. Appointed Director of the new Bariatric Surgical Service at the BACH, Dr. Richard performed both the first open and laparoscopic gastric bypasses. He also began Fort Campbell's first surgical weight loss program, single-handedly training the OR staff, nursing staff, nutrition and psychology departments, as well as fellow surgeons, to allow for safe and effective treatment of obesity.

As an active trauma surgeon for the US Army, Dr. Richard deployed to the Afghan theater of war shortly after 9/11. He was recalled in 2004, two years after leaving the Army, to serve in Iraq as a Senior Trauma surgeon in Saddam Hussein’s hometown.

After leaving the Army in 2002, Dr. Richard joined Obesity Solutions in Gainesville, Ga. He joined Longstreet Clinic in April 2010 when his practice, Surgical Specialists of Georgia, merged with Longstreet.

Longstreet Clinic, incorporated in 1995, is a fully-integrated multi-specialty medical group owned and managed by physicians. The group has grown to over 750 employees including 200 physicians and advanced practice providers. We treat patients in the following specialties: internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, adult and pediatric inpatient medicine, general surgery, oncology, hematology, physiatry, orthopaedics, sports medicine, neonatology, perinatology, neurology, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, bariatric surgery and medical weight loss. Longstreet Clinic is repeatedly ranked by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the largest physician group practices in Georgia, and one of the largest independent group practices. With its main campus located in Gainesville, Longstreet Clinic providers also see patients at offices in Baldwin, Buford, Braselton, Cleveland, Dahlonega, Demorest, Duluth, Oakwood, and Toccoa. The Longstreet Clinic, Your Health. Our Specialty.